Watchdog Group Disputes FBI's Claims on E-Mails

washingtonpost.com ^ | oct 6, 2006 | Dan Eggen

[blogblogginaway]

The watchdog group that first provided the FBI with suspicious e-mails from then-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) said yesterday that FBI and Justice Department officials are attempting to cover up their inaction in the case by making false claims about the group.

Law enforcement officials said the allegations by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) are without merit, and they stood by allegations that the group had refused to provide some information to the FBI.

The dispute is the latest controversy this week for CREW, a liberal-leaning group that has come under attack from House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and other Republicans because it has received money from a foundation funded by liberal financier George Soros.

CREW held a news conference Monday to announce that in July it had provided the FBI suspicious e-mails between Foley and a former House page. The group criticized the bureau for not taking more aggressive action and asked Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine to investigate the FBI's handling of the case.

Law enforcement officials said then that the e-mails did not provide enough evidence of a possible crime to warrant a full investigation. In the e-mails, Foley praises the physical attributes of one page and asks another teenager for his picture.

[blogblogginaway]

"In subsequent days, unidentified Justice and FBI officials told reporters that the e-mails provided by CREW were heavily redacted and that the group refused to provide unedited versions to the FBI. One law enforcement official -- speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation -- also told The Washington Post the FBI believed that CREW may have received the e-mails as early as April and that the group refused to tell the FBI how they were obtained."

[Kuksool]

Let the he said / she said games begin!

[BallyBill]

Where the emails written with crayons?

[P-40]

it had provided the FBI suspicious e-mails between Foley and a former House page.

Were these emails complete with headers? If not, they are worthless.

[telebob]

Wheels flying off in all directions. The rat re-election bus is sliding on its side into Pick-Your-Part.

[Echo Talon]

"In subsequent days, unidentified Justice and FBI officials told reporters that the e-mails provided by CREW were heavily redacted and that the group refused to provide unedited versions to the FBI. One law enforcement official -- speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation -- also told The Washington Post the FBI believed that CREW may have received the e-mails as early as April and that the group refused to tell the FBI how they were obtained."

WTF, how can't the refuse to cooperate with the FBI?

[Echo Talon]

errr..
WTF, how can they refuse to cooperate with the FBI?

[Samwise]

Fa^ke but accurate.

[tet68]

Yeah, that's the way, call the FBI "LIARS".
Bwhahahahahaha.

[operation clinton cleanup]

White House e-mail administrator says he never told Clinton about missing messages

From CNN Producer Ted Barrett at U.S. District Court

August 23, 2000
Web posted at: 6:29 p.m. EDT (2229 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Clinton administration official who oversees the troubled White House e-mail system testified Wednesday he never told President Clinton about the computer problem that prevented thousands of White House e-mails from being properly stored and archived.

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/08/23/wh.email/

[batter]

"liberal-leaning group" my a**! The compost is running on full spin cycle here. LOL!

[blogblogginaway]

Looks like CREW will be needing a lifeboat soon.

[phoenix0468]

George Soros

And the center of the whole scheme has finally been revealed. Peel the onion, and what do you find?

[Socratic]

Let the subpoenas begin!

[batter]

The rat re-election bus is sliding on its side into Pick-Your-Part.

I think I found it!

[YdontUleaveLibs]

Arrest Soros for obstruction. Problem solved.

[Echo Talon]

someone should be arrested, not cooperating with an ongoing investigaton? hmmm

[telebob]

"I think I found it!"

That's it! Time to strip 'er down!

[JRochelle]

CREW is most likely responsible for the website, stopsexpredators.com.

It is coming out of John Conyers district.

http://ace.mu.nu/